Summary

[Wolfram Waibel] (AUT) led the preliminary round with 596, leading [Artem Khadzhibekov] (RUS) and [Rob Harbison] (USA) by two points. Khadzhibekov had shot 701.5 at the Russian Championships one month before the Olympics, better than the world record, although it could not be recognized because it was not shot in international competition. In the final he took the lead after the fifth shot and won the gold medal by 0.5 points over Waibel. Bronze medalist [Jean-Pierre Amat] would return five days later to win gold in the small-bore three positions event. Harbison had the worst score the finalists and dropped to seventh place.

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